Conus araneosus

Conus araneosus

Apertural view of Conus araneosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. araneosus
Binomial name
*Conus araneosus* sensu Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms^[1]
Conus (Conus) araneosus [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted, alternate representation Conus arachnoideus Gmelin, 1791 Conus arachnoideus bizonata (f) Crosse, H., 1858 Conus araneosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cassis "Meuschen, F.C." Dillwyn, L.W., 1817 Conus monstrosus Küster, 1838 Conus peplum G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 Conus reticulatus Perry, 1811 Cucullus arenosus Röding, 1798 Cucullus stercusmuscarum Röding, 1798

Conus araneosus, common name the cobweb cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Subspecies

Conus araneosus araneosus [Lightfoot], 1786
Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 48 mm and 100mm. The shell is very closely reticulated with white and light chestnut, the white spots crowded and irregular in size, the chestnut lines forming two interrupted, irregular bands. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, in the Indian Ocean off India and Sri Lanka and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

1 2 Conus araneosus sensu Lightfoot, 1786 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 July 2011.
↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI; 1884

Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition.
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23

Conus araneosus (Solander in Lightfoot, J., 1786)
Conus araneosus (Solander in Lightfoot, J., 1786)
Conus araneosus (Solander in Lightfoot, J., 1786)

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